

The fight with the Fume Knight feels like carving a marble statue, with selective and purposeful strikes slowly chipping away until your eventual victory. Dodging his attacks is key in the second phase, when he drops his longsword and bathes his great blade in dark fire, his damage output increases, and single strikes can kill you. Once you get in the arena, his two swords give him a wide range of combos that mix the stabbing attacks of his longsword and the huge arc of his greatsword. The battleground is ostensibly a tomb for his dead lover, and he defends her grave with every ounce of his being. This has been corroborated by From Software, which stated that players have a 93-percent failure rate while fighting The Fume Knight. Why He Is Great: The Fume Knight is the toughest boss in Dark Souls 2 and is considered by many to be the hardest fight in the entire series. He left his service after clashing with a fellow knight and became corrupted. Who He Is: The Fume Knight was a traitor to the king of Drangleic, the world in which Dark Souls 2 takes place.
